时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

大家可能还记得Michael 这个美国学生以往几次考试都考糟了,这一次情况可大
不相同。今天他和他的中国同学李华约好了在图书馆见面。李华会学到两个常用
语,一个是:to ace 1;另一个是:peanuts。

L: 嗨,Michael,今天考得怎么样?
M: Not bad! I aced 2 today's history test!
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
L: 你考得很好,那太好了,Michael!最近你每天都到图书馆来念书,我知道你
会考得比以前好的。你刚才用的是哪个字啊?
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
L: 噢,在这里,ace 是个动词,过去时就是在后面加一个字母 "d",变成 了aced。
这个字是不是和扑克牌里的那张牌A,或者叫"尖子"的那 张牌一样的呢?
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore,
"ace" means to do well.
L: 对,在玩扑克的时候ace 往往是价值最高的一张牌,所以ace 就是 指某件事
做的很好。那ace 作为动词还能用在什么场合呢?
M: Usually we can use "ace" to describe how we did on a test, or on things similar to
tests. For example, I can say I aced my last job interview.
L: 噢,一般都用在和测验考试之类的情况,你上次找工作去面谈谈 得很好也能
用"ace" 这个词。再说一遍你刚才说的那句话,好 吗?
M: I aced my last job interview.
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
M: That's right. Li Hua, if someone is very good at something, we can call him an
"ace". I can say, for example, you are an ace at taking tests.
L: I'm an ace at taking tests, 你说我非常会考试!这也不见得,我考糊 的时候也有
的。不过,比你少一点就是了。
M: Yes, you're right!
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching 3 assistant, if you
don't mind my asking?
L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。当助教的工资很低,才8 美元一 小时。
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
L: Peanuts? Peanuts 不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very
low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
L: 原来你的意思是我的工资很低。你说的peanuts 是不是和我们吃的 花生一个字
吗?
M: That's right.
L: 我在想另外找个工作呢。我的同学王燕在图书馆工作,一个小时 就有十美元。
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I
make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
L: 哟,你一个小时赚13 美元呐! 真不公平,你赚那么多钱,而我 只赚peanuts.
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
L: 赚那么点钱是怎么过的日子呀?我还有奖学金呐,每个月给我四 百美元生活
费。
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
M: I'm just kidding!

今天李华学到两个常用语,一个是:to ace,就是某件事做得很好,特别是象考试
之类的事;另一个是:peanuts,这里不是指花生,而是指数量很小,价值很低。
今天的[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次节目再见。



n.A牌;发球得分;佼佼者;adj.杰出的
  • A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
  • He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。
vt.发球得分(ace的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • I don't know how I aced in, I was lucky enough. 我不知道这好事怎么让我给碰上了,我够幸运的。 来自互联网
  • He aced every physical fitness test they gave him. 他顺利通过了他们对他所作的每项体格检查。 来自互联网
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
学英语单词
accelerator system
acute corrosive esophagitis
alloskin
ammonium phosphotungstate
archhydra
armed forces history
aulacaspis actinidiae
authorized surveyor
Barsukovskaya
bloodguiltiness
boot compartment
boratrane
bowl metall
brisk commerce
building-materials
cabin passenger's ticket
cavolina gibbosa
chain floor trolley
common ram
comptes
conditional instability rate
corporate policy
dennebol
dermosol
dial into
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Directory System Agent
dispense notes
edge ahead
elapsed time value
enclosed lamp sign
explosive-ordnance disposal
family Phaethontidae
feed on animal's blood
fire size class map
fornix conjunctivae superior
freshlings
gilhool
graphical solution
hunt-and-peck
ill-defined
inactive front
infect tube
instrument line break accident
internal reference electrode
Ismotic
isolating cock
logic behaviour
LPG platforming
manabozho
maritime trade
masnulonucleus
membrane compressor
membron
midget socket
mini-dvd
Mogenson screen
momentum screw
monilated
musths
no reporting knowing crimes
non-performings
Open Source Initiative
out of the dark
own court
PEC (printed electronic circuit)
perlita
permanent base
pin rib
pinnatin
polysemant
postcard paper
programming language research
promontoires
public discussion format
quartz spectral photometer
quick disconnection
rice leaf roller
rocard
Rostrospirifer
self-taughts
seminarize
sex-chromatin body
sexually mature
sfw
souray
Spergularia rubra
steel-tape sheath
sublayering
suction hose
tail production
take a wife
tax on price of land
tractus corticobulbaris
trailing spark plug
uninformedness
unit element of ring
vertical digester
vertical edge l head half round scraper
Wampumpeag
warm nersery paper
woolsorter's pneumonia